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The NAMM Show will return in 2025 with an expanded five-day program: "The show continues to evolve based on our members’ needs"

The beefed-up program taking in more workshops, talks, educational events and networking opportunitie

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“We are looking at getting this up and running as soon as possible. I am very, very excited”: Rabea Massaad confirms an affordable Sterling by Music Man version of his refined signature Sabre is officially on the way

The guitarist has revealed a scaled-back signature is in the works, and it might arrive in time for NAMM 2025

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“With any luck we’ll be able to launch these at NAMM but I can’t promise anything yet”: Rabea Massaad says Sterling By Music Man is developing a more affordable version of his signature EBMM Sabre

Massaad says he has already submitted colour finish options and says new pickups are being developed specifically for the model

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“We missed being there, and I’m excited to see everyone again back in Anaheim”: NAMM receives massive boost as Fender announces return

Fender CEO Andy Mooney announces surprise U-turn in a show of faith for the National Association of Music Merchants' mammoth gear expo

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“We were just looking for the right time to come back”: Nobody expected Fender to return to NAMM – but the guitar giant is finally coming home to the world’s biggest gear trade show

Fender last attended NAMM in 2020, and as recently as 2023 the firm's CEO Andy Mooney said a return looked unlikely

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“The amp that’s one in a hundred”: Marshall is celebrating 100 years of iconic British speaker firm Celestion with this stunning, limited-edition hand-built head and cab

The UK amp maker has teamed-up with its collaborators at Celestion for a special run of handmade Studio JTMs

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The 15 most exciting new hardware synths of 2024: analogue and digital instruments from Korg, Behringer and more

GEAR EXPO 2024: The must-have new monster synths you need to audition this year

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“Ignore the Pacifica Pro at your peril: this is a world-class instrument”: the Yamaha Pacifica Professional returns to the model’s roots as the ultimate pro player toolkit

Born from a new collaboration between the firm’s Japanese luthiers and its USA custom shop, the Pacifica Professional aims to build on the magic of the original high-end Pacificas that were so admired by session players

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“This song presents a kind of revisionist history where guitar solos were cool after all in the early noughties”: February 2024 Guitar World editors' picks

From neoclassical tapping clinics to cosmic, spaghetti western-esque guitar soundscapes, this month has provided an embarrassment of six-string riches

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“Absurd amount of talent”: Andy Timmons is in the studio with Joe Bonamassa – and the two melody masters are cooking up a virtuosic solo storm

Producer Josh Smith has shared a clip of the blues legends trading licks in the studio, with a follow-up to 2022’s Electric Truth well underway

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NAMM 2024: “We like to build special basses just for NAMM that show off what we're capable of. What we love to do”: Spector’s USA Custom Shop is here to inspire your own custom bass build – and, as they tell us, “we love new challenges”

Check out some of the Custom Shop candy available from Spector’s top US luthiers

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NAMM 2024: “Sing through it and get your killer guitar sounds… and run an acoustic guitar, or a bass, or even keyboards”: Up-close with the Positive Grid Spark LIVE – the smart amp that can handle your whole band

The new 150-watt combo has four independent channels, is packed with smart tech and is shaping up to be the ultimate grab-and-go jam hub

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NAMM 2024: “I’ve never played any other guitars like that”: Jack White’s Fender Low Rider is one of the wildest Telecasters ever created – take an exclusive tour of its absurd spec sheet with his guitar tech

The heavily modded workhorse was transported from tour to the NAMM show floor, where Guitar World caught up with Dan Mancini to get the Low Rider lowdown

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NAMM 2024: “It’s going to make you think different, play different and make new music”: Explore Cream Guitars’ range of aesthetically innovative and high-spec’d guitars – complete with a finish that literally changes color

Top notch hardware, wholly fresh body shapes and utterly wild visuals – feast your eyes on Cream Guitars' catalog of irresistible instruments

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NAMM 2024: “The aim was to be as tonally versatile as possible”: Rabea Massaad on the origins of his long-awaited Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre design – and the crucial refinement that took the most tweaking

An newly-contoured Sabre body and a set of Bare Knuckle Silos headline the eagerly anticipated instrument, which made its official debut at NAMM 2024

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“We found the perfect 1963 AC30 and we took it apart and figured out what made it tick”: Vox is making ‘classic’ amps and pedals again, as its Hand-Wired AC Series and Vintage wahs put the firm’s most iconic builds under the microscope

We headed to Vox's NAMM booth to hear the results of its most ambitious reproduction process yet

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NAMM 2024: "We've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment": Behringer delivers updates on some of its biggest synth and drum machine projects

The latest news on Roland, Oberheim and Casio-a-like synths and drum machines from our favourite clone trooper

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NAMM 2024: Seamless streaming, plentiful power options and endless tone – Blackstar’s ID: Core V4 is shaping up to be the ultimate mobile practice amp

We headed to the NAMM show floor to check out the ID:Core V4 – now boasting a new USB-C interface and power reduction capability

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NAMM 2024: “Unique air cell core technology” in... a strap? Through modern engineering, Ernie Ball’s new Comfort Cloud line looks to provide “optimal cushioning” for prolonged playing

The new design looks to make the strap “stronger and more comfortable” through a nifty neoprene and air cell core tech construction

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NAMM 2024: Eventide's H90 Harmonizer multi-effects engine now has Bluetooth support and an all-new polyphonic synth algorithm – hear “one of the most amazing stompboxes out there” in action

Explore the wild PolySynth sounds of the ultra-powerful multi-effects pedal – as well as the tones of Eventide's two-in-one overdrive/Uni-Vibe pedal, the Riptide

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NAMM 2024: “Some people were like, ‘That's the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen!’ It turns out it was the most successful instrument we ever could have imagined”: John Petrucci on the wild ride of his signature guitar, the Music Man Majesty

Like many game-changing ideas, the Majesty (which wasn't the guitar's original name...) was not immediately welcomed with open arms, the Dream Theater man says

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NAMM 2024: “One of the most unique and spectacular LTD models that Takamine has ever created”: Takamine's master luthiers celebrate once more around the sun with this spectacular solar system-themed acoustic guitar build

Every year the firm builds a guitar to showcase the finest work of its Japanese luthiers and this year’s model really dazzles

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NAMM 2024: “From classic 1970s to contemporary modern”: Following the success of its Kim Thayil signature model, Guild’s expanded range hopes to find a Polara for every player

The overhauled Polara solidbody has formed the basis for three new tiers of standard line Polara builds, including the Deluxe, Night Edition and standard lines

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NAMM 2024: A Jack White-backed multi-effects for $99? Meet the result of this year’s most surprising pedal collaboration: the Donner x Third Man Hardware Triple Threat

Hear the new three-in-one distortion, phaser and echo pedal put through its paces by Jack White’s guitar tech and Third Man co-conspirator, Dan Mancini

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NAMM 2024: “It’s an invitation for musicians of all levels to experience the iconic design features” – Strandberg makes its revolutionary headless design more affordable with the $999 Boden Essential

The Boden Essential is the most affordable Strandberg yet, and shares plenty DNA with its premium forebears, from the unique bodyshape and EndurNeck to the headless profile

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